Ramon Is Taking a Final Exam

question 211

Multiple Choice

Ramon is taking a final exam. When he reaches the first question to which he does not know the answer, he begins worrying that he will miss the other questions too, which will result in
His failing the test, which will result in his failing the class, which will result in his flunking
Out of school, which will abruptly terminate his future career as a lawyer. His cognitive error
Is ______.

• A) magnification
• B) mental filter
• C) disqualifying the positive
• D) overgeneralization

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Definitions:

Time Plots

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Explanatory Variable

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Scatterplot

A type of graph used in statistics to display values for two variables for a set of data.

Density Curve

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